Governance, Private Investment and Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-445

  Morrissey, Oliver ^a   Udomkerdmongkol, Manop ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Monetary Policy Group   (Thailand)

Author keywords

FDI; Governance; Private investment; Sources of investment

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 84856354385     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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